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Dubai ruler kidnapped two of his daughters including Princess Latifa, British judge rules
The revelations emerge following a press battle over a dispute between Dubai’s ruler and his wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein. A British judge has found that the ruler of Dubai is responsible for the kidnapping and detention of two of his daughters, including Princess Latifa. The explosive revelations have emerged following a press battle…
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Princess Haya: I feared Dubai ruler would abduct my kids
Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein told London’s High Court that she feared her former husband, the ruler of Dubai, would abduct her two children, take them back to the Gulf Arab state and prevent her from ever seeing them again. Haya, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, came to Britain with her two children in…
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Dubai ruler oversaw threats to wife and abduction of daughters, court rules
Legal rulings reveal campaign of intimidation by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the billionaire ruler of Dubai, orchestrated a campaign “aimed at intimidating and frightening” his former wife Princess Haya that included leaving a gun on her bed on two occasions, London’s High Court has ruled. The court, which is…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife – UK court
Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. On Thursday the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, became established fact, published in a series of judgements by Britain’s High Court. Following a high-profile case that began eight months…
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Tangled family life of Dubai’s ruler blown into the open
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, and close friend of the British royal family, is nothing if not conscious of his status. He is Dubai’s emblem: modern, adventurous, closely tied to the west, with a love for the high-tech and for bling. He also has deep…
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Dubai sheikh kidnapped daughters and intimidated cheating wife, judge rules
The billionaire ruler of Dubai kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives in fear of her life after discovering her affair with a bodyguard, a senior judge has ruled. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a friend of the Queen, may have broken UK and international criminal law, according to…
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Attempts to investigate missing Dubai princess were blocked, UK court finds
Police chief investigating abduction from Cambridge in 2000 prevented from travelling to Dubai to interview witnesses. The police chief investigating the abduction of the ruler of Dubai’s teenage daughter from the streets of Cambridge in 2000 was prevented from travelling to Dubai to pursue his criminal inquiries, a judgment has found. DCI David Beck of…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters, threatened former wife: UK judge
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his former wife, a British judge has ruled. Judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted as proved a series of allegations made by Mohammed’s former wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s…
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Dubai ruler whose wife fled to UK asks Supreme Court to grant him secrecy over custody battle
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has applied for his two children with Princess Haya to be sent back to Dubai. The ruler of Dubai has launched a last-ditch bid at the Supreme Court to keep the details of his custody battle with his estranged wife, Princess Haya, secret. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed turns to UK Supreme Court in battle with ex-wife
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has applied to Britain’s top court to try to stop publication of two judgments given in a legal battle with his former wife over the wardship of their two children. Mohammed has been involved in a dispute with Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, over…